Microsoft-Owned GitHub Says Open Source Needs to Be Funded

Microsoft-owned GitHub says open source needs to be funded

: 'Industry, national governments, and the EU' must pay for maintainers. El Reg says charity shouldn't start at home

Open source industry calls for €350 million EU fund to fix digital potholes

New fund should be set up to help maintain critical open-source components to avoid another Log4j-style security nightmare.

GitHub Wants the EU to Fund Open Source, But Who Should Really Pay? - OMG! Ubuntu

GitHub (and by extension its owner, Microsoft) is calling for a new EU tech fund to ensure critical open source software can be maintained. Its proposal, detailed in a report, stresses that our the economy relies on open source software (OSS) for digital infrastructure, but that maintenance ‘continues to be underfunded, especially when compared to physical infrastructure like roads or bridges’. GitHub’s research says 96% of all codebases contain…

GitHub Advocates for an EU Sovereign Tech Fund to Bolster Open Source

GitHub is pushing for a European Sovereign Tech Fund to address the funding gap in open source maintenance, crucial for digital infrastructure. The initiative seeks EU support and strategic alignment. (Read More)

The Case for Open Source Investment in Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Push

The EU has a unique opportunity to institutionalize investment in openness at scale through a continent-wide fund, writes Nicholas Gates.

Europe considers a massive fund to fix open source software's silent crisis

GitHub, and by extension, Microsoft, has proposed the establishment of a new fund to finance the continued development of widely-used open source software. Read more...